Brooder.



fl o all autom t may conce/rn:

Be it known. that l, JOHN l?. citizen ci the Uni ed States, residing at lordentown, in the county of Burlington and State of New Jersey, have invented cerlvliiolsii, a

tain new and useful improvements in Brooders, of which the following' is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. l

rlhis invention relates to brooders for raising incubator hatched chicks, and the principal object ot'` the invention is to produce a simple and etiicient colony brooder suitable 'jor use either indoors or in the open and which will accommodate and safely care for a large number of chicks.

in the accompanying d awing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of 'the invention. it beine', however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alte ations and modifications within the scopre` of the claims may be resorted to when desired.

ln the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a side ele. y"ation, partly in section, of a device constructed in accordance' with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Corresponding' parts ot' the several figures are denoted by like characters of ref# erence.

Theheater of the improved brooder Consists of a stove or furnace il., ot' which' 5 designates the tire box, G the grate, and 7 the ash pit,-ior which a draft door S is provided, said door being; hinged at its upper edge, as shown, so that it will natu ally gravitate to a closed position. The stove body, which has been shown tapering, upwardly, is provided at its upper end `with a hopper B, the discharge opening of which, 9, is adapted to constitute a seatA for a .valve or damper 10. Vllhe hopper B, the upper portion ot" which i'iares beyond the stove body, is provided with a top plate 11 havingr anopening covered by a lid 12 which is directly above the discha 'ge opening 9 of the hopper. rlhe lid 1Q is apertured over the valve or damper 10. rl`he top plate has an opening 1d which is located at one .side thereoi2 substantially in vertical alineinent with the draft door 8; avalve or damper l5 whereby said opening may be obstructed is hinged adjacent tothe outer edge of the opening-smid damper being` provided Withf Speccaton of Letters Patent.

*The parts are so arranged that when lisation illicit .lune 17, i913, Serial No. 774,149. vide and this applieaJlon filed (inne Serial No. 845,870.

an outwardly entendin 0" arni for carrying oil the promets of nl is'nionnted on the top plate 11.

Fulcrumed on a support which i' from the top plate 11 is lever 19, one of which is connected ith the valve so... 13 and with one end ci? a flexible clement 20, which latter is connected at its lower end with the damper 8 and intermediate its ends with the arm 1G; the other arm of the lever 19 carries a counterweight 21 for approximately balancing the valves 10, 15 and 8; the door or valve 8 is wide open, the valve l5 will be seated, and the valve 10 -will, likewise, be wide open 'to permit products of combustion to pass from the lire bor.; to the exit flue 17. As the valves 8 and 10 move in the direction of th ir respictive seats the check valve or damperl will gradually he nnseated.

A thermostat 21 is supported on a bracket 22 extending,- from the stove body, said thermostat including` a rod which is guided through an aperture 2st in a portion of the top plate 11 which over-hangs the stove body. The rod E23 is connected with the arm of the lever 19 that carries the counterweight Z1 by means ot' an intermediate lever 26 fulcrumed on the upriglit 18 and a connecting member 28, said lever and connecting,` member being introduced tor the purpose of increasingthe movement or the lever 19 relatively -to lthat of the rod E23, thereby rendering the operation of the device more effective.

rEhe top plate 11 supports a downwardly flaring hood D which for convenience is preferably composed of hingedly connected members 29, 30, one ci' which may, furthermore, be provided with a door ll through which access may conveniently be had to the interior for the purpose of removing ashes from the ash pit 7, and the like. A curtain 32 of flexible material depends from the lower edge orF the hood D and terminates a shortl distance above the ground so as to afford ample protection while not hindering the ingress and egress of the chicks.

`By making 'the hood of separate parts, asv

shown, and hinging them together, as at 3'3, l am enabled to make use oi a coal or solid fuel burner of the specific form shown, or of other suitable construction, and apply the hoed thereto easily and quickly. .lt will be seen that the hood is 'in the form ci' .titl

broooler @bamboe incluse vwiii, the di'ewiiigs.

ti'imoiaeci neiie.J and ibis sbepe is espeeieiiy edvamugeoiis sineeiojgeiiiiis elle boool. to be closely fitted so the iep l1. of the heee-e3 Without necessitating especial :mol nice mm chine of hemd work izo. the construction o the peis to'insuie ibutiliey slmii. iii', te-

'witli siieienl; ziceurzicy so seeu'e precieelly elosef'i joints. The iop of alie heater, es here izidei's'oofi, is ibas parte oi llose pziite, oeiied by iie iieevoi' io which ehe iippeif e( ge *S* he hooi?. is uppiieil., and whieiisei'if'es io ooioetiiue die top of elle by the liooci. The operation and avaiieges of ibis invention will bereadily unciersoofi from the when in oeimeciieii Coal. may be eeiiyene iently fed izo *Li-'1e sieve by manipulating' tbe lever i9 so to mise veive 10 to noe.- obstnieting position emi lullen siidimg lid i2 upwemily upon Valve siem; ziie uei moy then be ie i'ieefl and Wiili oye tbe' cioe.' i y iiieiinefl we-ii foregoing fieecripioii of the hopper toougii f f @permise 9 zmcli infilo the iii'e box. .fes or clempeis wiii be mitomafcicelyl of; L i to regulate be mie so as to maintain 53? ,e temperature 'eveniy :Je e p edeeimiiriecl a see. The geo eei conseiiietioii is simple.; expensive, anni tboifoii iy eieienib for tbe puiipose foi which ib ie pioyicied. l

tbermemee? 35 is piovieie 'ige enable 1ille empezmtme wiiiiii 'the bood to be aseerteiiei, emi lzbe bead may have e hand 1noie, 36, iirough which ehe Atheiiiiomeier is, accessible.

it 'Wiii be seen het the top plaie covering the hopper extends laterally beyond the pei'- imeer tbei'eoi all around libe heater.. This is a fieeiecily advantageous emengement in :i heeei' for bi'oodei, pei-miie o. bood of eimpie truncaeo c ie oim like that iliusi'aroiecl., io` be easily eppiiefi to md euppoied by 'libe sziifi plaie, no peiieiiiai fit iiig and shaping the wiih ieiieieoce to each other being necessary to seem'e praetically air-tight joints when lfiey are united.. will also be obsei'ved 'ilt the mez-.iis by li. the dia-comioiling dempers, 8 :incl l5; emi elle ciosme i0., eoiibioileoi-the ieveis 19, 2,63 eta-eye supporLe by ille said iop plelie, lans making 2., seiooiiteinefi eppeiaziie, oi one supporefi by e. single bese. rElie Cbeei mit opening le is in the top plate and hence exposed. so' tha when he b. eiieiiibei, and applying igiie hoof?. so. *diet I suzrounois the bei exi bue does not vcover me top, i aim eiiablegl ie'pi'eetically use e @oei or other solifl fuel burner as the heatei" iol* e brooflei :msifo 'repenisli the iii-e with feel ifi-om time to time es occasion i'equiies, with out having io open elle brooaier ebembel, with uie .iii-'sident iieedyamtage of the loss of beet anni ange? from the confined nii" being contaminated by iie' escaping gases of combuszioii. A

if do not in this @eee cieim tbe specific form oif beater lierein iiiusmtei incl ole-` eeiibed, oe biie'is mede ibe subjeet met-ier o Lemne'e Peteiit gmm'ecl to me July le. im, N0. einem?.

l., in o. beodei, tbe combinaeion Wiib. ile/eier; of e hood supported thereby ami/ spaced from @be Weils tbeieoi", the sai hood bei? g" ye'riceily divided' to, produce Sepe` wie members which me himedly comieeie izogeo'her iso permit slee bood to be convenabolie the lient-e3: eo form e bifoode oliembei" 10Q eiose. above by the seid top.

in e brooclei, the combination wih e beater provideei 'with e circuler isop, a 'flowinwaidly Hering buoni suppor-eci by the tov and loemg of trunceteci conica? form, ie lowei' edge being :i'eeiom the surface me which ehe heater Tesis, seifi dowmverdiy' flaring hood being veiicelly diyisiefi 0 pro duce seperate members which are adeptefi io be hinged together about lie hezitei io f form a broodei chamber elo-sexiL above by tlm saidiop. i

li. .in e. broeder, ille combinoion with n beater having e circuler top, a downwardly fieriii boo@ supported by *die liop, and loe-- ,v c ing o' iruneelzeci conical zoem, and divided n" JOHN FREEMAN MAGKY.'

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